Pollinators other than honey bees visiting certain vegetable plants in Egypt

Abstract

Insects visiting flowering Vicia faba, Eruca sativa and Petroselinum crispum in Nahia fields in Egypt were recorded by netting at different day hours 9–10, 11–12 a. m., 1–2, 3–4 and 5–6 p. m. All visitors of V. faba were from family Apidae. Most important species were: Anthophora sp. (81.32%), Tetralonia lanuginosa (7.69%) and Chalicidoma siculum (6.59 per cent). Most of insect species were active at 11–12 a. m. and 1–2 p. m. Syrphus corollae (45.9%) was the dominant visitor of Eruca sativa and Andrena sp. (85.3%) was the most numerous species at Petroselinum crispum. Zusammenfassung Bestäubende Insekten auβer der Honigbiene bei einigen Kulturpflanzen in Ägypten Es werden die bei Vicia faba, Eruca sativa und Petroselinum crispum im District Nahia aufgetretenen blütenbesuchenden Insekten (Netzfänge an 5 Tageszeiten: 9–10, 11–12, 13–14, 15–16 und 17–18 Uhr) zusammengestellt. Alle Besucher von V. faba gehörten der Familie Apidae an. Wichtigste Arten waren Anthophora sp. (81,3%), Tetralonia lanuginosa (7,7%) und Chalicidoma siculum (6,6%). Die meisten Besucher kamen zwischen 11 und 12 sowie 13 und 14 Uhr. Syrphus corollae (45,9%) war die Hauptart bei Eruca sativa, während Petroselinum crispum von Andrena sp. (85,3%) am meisten besucht wurde.

Bee fauna potential visitors of coriander flowers Coriandrum sativum L. (Apiaceae) in the Mitidja area (Algeria)

“…In Italy, Ricciardelli D'Albore and D'Ambrosio (1979) noted 15% and 33% of fruit production, respectively, from caged plants and free plants. Similar studies have been done in Egypt (El-Berry et al, 1974;Hussein and Abdel-Aal, 1982), in India (Koul et al, 1989), and in Europe (Heeger, 1989;Sinacori et al, 2009). In Jordan, Abu-Hammour (2008) showed that pollination not only produced wellshaped fruits but also increased the quality of the seed content.…”

“…The contribution of hoverfly pollination of coriander is probably poor. In Egypt, however, El-Berry et al (1974) noted that Dipteran Syrphydae (Syrphus corollae) represented 79% of the coriander visitors, while among bee species, Andrena ovatula was the predominant visitor. According to Waser and Ollerton (2006), the Syrphids lay half as much pollen grains per unit time as bumblebees.…”

Bee diversity (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) visiting Broad Bean (Vicia fabaL.) flowers in Egypt

“…Generally the most abundant bee visitors were long-tongue bees like Anthophora spp., Eucera spp., Xylocopa spp. (El Berry et al, 1974;Ibrahim, 1979) and bumble bees (Pierre, Le Guen, Esnault, Debbagh, & Sadiki, 1997). In Ismailia in eastern Egypt, the most abundant bee visitor to bean flowers is Chalicodoma siculum (Rossi, 1792) (Shoukry, Kamel, Abu Hashish, & Osman, 1997;Shebl, Kamel, & Mahfouz, 2013).…”

“…In the Broad Bean, Vicia faba L., pollination is crucial for better seed production (Benachour, Louadi, Terzo, 2007;AouarSadli, Louadi, Doumandji, 2008). During the late 1970s, a few studies were conducted in Egypt (Ibrahim, 1973(Ibrahim, , 1979El-Berry, Moustafa, Abdel-Gawad, & El-Bialey, 1974;Kamel, 1981) which showed that Apoidea are the most active and efficient pollinators of bean flowers, especially those of large size (Aouar-Sadli et al, 2008). Generally the most abundant bee visitors were long-tongue bees like Anthophora spp., Eucera spp., Xylocopa spp.…”

Rôle des abeilles sauvages et domestiques (Hymenoptera : Apoidea) dans la pollinisation de la fève (Vicia fabaL. var.major) (Fabaceae) en région de Constantine (Algérie)

“…Dans d'autres régions, comme en Angleterre, sur les côtes méditerranéennes et au Moyen-Orient, des espèces d'abeilles sauvages (Andrena spp., Anthophora spp., Eucera spp., Tetralonia spp., Xylocopa spp.) peuvent être d'importants pollinisateurs en étant localement plus nombreuses que l'abeille domestique (El Berry et al 1974 ;Knott et al 1994). Au sud de l'Espagne, c'est Eucera numida Lepeletier 1841 qui est le principal pollinisateur de la plante (Cartujo et al 1998 ;Pierre et al 1999).…”